Dropping in...

to say Good Morning to all.  I'm the worst blogger lately, my apologizes to everyone.  I keep trying to get back on the bandwagon and then fall right off.  I have some new photos to post, which I do hope will be this week.

I've been back to clutter cleaning and ridding  thousands of photos I will never use, to make room on my hard drive. Might I add..... a very tedious job indeed, and one I  hope to never do again.

Organizing is horrible to do and yet......so rewarding when it's finished. I never want to leave a mess for anyone to clean up including myself. As time marches on, there never seems to be enough time, so the perfect time is now.

Now you have it....the mysterious place I have been hiding out, nowhere and yet everywhere.

So,  this is where all my crafting energy has run off to and with luck soon....very soon....I will have my mojo back and very nicely organized surroundings.

Till then off I go, more clutter to sort and Easter Cards to make, can you here me whistle as my feet move in the same place lol?

Happy Sunday to all, be healthy, blessings and hugs, Lori m

Footnote.....typing with  no sleep, all typos and grammar mistakes allowed, let the stars, (Force) be with me.

Another goodie...

Using a rubber stamped tag and my Silhouette this gift wine box was created. The file can be found in the Silhouette design store. The stamped image is from CTMH stamps. Its a set from last year, not sure if it's still available.

Easy to cut, easy to assemble and fun to make, enjoy!

That's all for today, quick and short, however....it's posted lol.

Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Have you seen.....

over at Imaginethatdigi's by Kris, Kris is having a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald house charity. 

Such a great and worthy cause.

Kris, is offering the cutest Digi set to anyone whom donates to this very  needed cause and great charity.  One charity that truly helps children and parents, read Kris's story, and stop on by to check things out.

OK, on to more cards....I'm finally able to make a few things now that some of my crafty things are within my reach.

A few more cards from my Digi win over at Imaginethatdigi's by Kris.

Beautiful set with sentiments.  I used both paper layering and the checked and blue papers were made digitally.

Birds in Spring ( on sale now)

Stamped sentiments are not included in the card sets. 

Stamped sentiments are not included in the card sets. 

This little cutie is one of many from the adorable set

Goin' Buggy, ( on sale now)

why not grab the added set of sentiments that work back to the digi's perfectly.  

Goin' Buggy Sentiments ( also on sale now )

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Before closing I have to add a couple more beauties.....

1st up is my adorable granddaughter Bella, look at those cheeks!!!

2nd. is my pretty Valentines Day flowers from my honey...

Happy Friday to all, blessings and hugs, Lori m

Bad blogger, bad....

blogger.  I try to keep updated, honest I do.  My life just seems to keep tossing things at me that I must attend first.

My apologizes... to the folks whom I won from, and haven't had a chance to post items I've made. 

I've just sent the cards and forgot to take pictures. So, this brings me to a new post today, where I finally got the chance to use one of my pretty prize winnings.

My handsome honey, was so kind as to bring back downstairs a few of my crafting things, so I can work on making cards and altered projects once again, promise I will post photos. 

Now, to build up my embellishment stash, ribbons, pearls and pretty finishing goodies, till then a lot of my post, will be done stamped and digital.

What do you do with the foam backing when the dots are gone?

I've been tossing them out, now I cut them up and use the pieces.  Gosh....why didn't I think of this sooner, use those scraps Lori, use those scraps.

A shout of "Thanks" to Kris from Imaginethatdigistamps.    , loving the prizes won.

Today, a card and little gift box from the adorable Panda Bear 3D set....just to stinking cute, you've just got to love the cuteness and best of all...no coloring in for me.

Card stock was from Michael's, the store brand, I added some glitter and glossy accents to make the Panda Bear and leaves pop. Hard to see in the photo, glitter is hard for me to get a good picture of.

So that's today's craft share, now its time to lay back down for a little rest.

Blessings and Big hugs to all, Lori m

Burr....

Staying warm???  I hope this finds everyone someplace nice and toasty.  We've gone from nice high 50's to single digits once again.  How is it... that I so enjoyed playing in the winter as a child?

It is very pretty seeing the white snow flakes and glitter from ice, however, at this point is my life, my pretty winter photos are enough to last me a lifetime.

Now, this is what I'm looking forward to seeing.  I do believe, I've become a Spring and Fall kind of gal.... rather than my old Winter, Summer person. Getting older perhaps made the difference.

That's about all for now. Going to try and get to the craft area today for a little crafting if possible.

FYI....I hope everyone is seeing my thank you comments in email, for some reason they aren't always showing up here.  Technology is not my friend lately, I'm going to blame it on the weather haaaahaaa!

Enjoy, stay warm, stay healthy, blessings and hugs, Lori m 

 

Cards be me....

I tried my hand at stamping a little bit. Ordered a few special card sets and stamps from CTMH awhile back. Finally, enjoyed using a few and can't wait to try out the rest.

Always good to have a few manual items on hand for power outages or just because.

Here's what I pulled together using the easy card design set "Cut Above Card Kit - Golden Moments," it came all embellished, add the sentiment and be amazed. Pretty to a whole new level!

You can find this card and many more items over at ......

CTMH Diana Larson's site.

For more ideas and DT projects.... gander a visit over and check out Diana's blog.

For today....that's all folks.  Stay warm, healthy, and safe. 

Blessings Lori m

Sometimes....

life doesn't go as planned, Recon is no longer with us, however will be the Service Dog he was meant to be only for another gentleman.

So, after dealing with my blues, I put my big girl panties on, was able to make a few cards with the prize from Kris, over at Imaginethatdigistamp.

Sorry for the long delay Kris, more things to follow, ;).

Nothing to fancy here, I think the colored digi's stand out much better on there own with my simple cards.

Well, the adorable little buggies are here!! 

Why, I think, I've gone Buggy just coming up with new ideas to use these adorable stamps. Check them out, and all the other pretty digi's in the store, you won't be disappointed and I see some sales going on too.

Going Buggy!

Before mailing them out, I'm sure I'll add some pretty glitter to them, for now, the cuteness speaks for itself. Go ahead....laugh....smile... I know you want to.  

The Sizzix embossing plates I've had for many years and finally decided to pull out some of my hidden treasures lol.

Off I go for now, my sitting limit for the day has been reached. Enjoy, stay safe and stay healthy.  Prayers for everyone in the disaster ridden states and countries.

Blessings, Lori m

PS: Spell check and grammar ignored in today's post. ;)